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But that's what he fears ever since the so-called "bathroom bill" became law last month in North Carolina. Still valid in schools or administrative buildings, the law requires the use of public toilets corresponding gender identity at birth. (more...)

Ban made the comments in telephone calls on Sunday with President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar, who is due to return to Juba this week to take up his former post as deputy to the president. The army has denied opposition claims that it has secretly returned truckloads of its troops to the capital. Just last week, fighting broke out in Western Equatoria state between government and rebel forces. (more...)

That vote is expected in May. The day after Brazil's Chamber of Deputies authorized the continuation of the impeachment process of President Dilma Rousseff, by the country's Senate, economic analysts try to forecast how the country's economy will react to a possible impeachment. (more...)

If it goes with the iPhone 7 name this year, the company may use the iPhone 8 moniker instead of iPhone 7s next year to emphasise the revolutionary new design. Also your mileage might vary depending on how you use your device, but as least we now know how long Apple expects their products to last. Apple has apparently already chosen Samsung to supply them with the AMOLED panels for their iPhones and a deal for the same was stuck last week for a reported sum of $2.6billion. (more...)

At a meeting of chiefs of General Staff of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow an agreement was reached on the ceasefire from noon local time (0800GMT) on April 5. " Azerbaijan continues speculations on the process of negotiations". (ArmRadio)-The documents of crew members of the downed Azerbaijani military helicopter were presented to the Military Attaché of the Foreign Embassies Accredited to Armenia . (more...)

It is said to be the first time China's military has publicly admitted to landing a plane on the artificial island in the resource-rich South China Sea . As well as China, the Philippines , Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have overlapping claims to parts of the sea, which are home to some of the world's most important shipping lanes and believed to sit atop vast oil reserves. (more...)

Last week more than 20 people were wounded in three straight days of rocket fire on Kilis, which is home to an estimated 110,000 Syrian refugees. One person was killed and one was injured in the shelling of Turkey's territory, said the news agency. (more...)

The only south Bengal district going to the polls in this phase is Birbhum . Polling percentages (till 5 pm) in the six district of north Bengal stood at 87.07 per cent for Alipurduar; 77.69 per cent for Jalpaiguri; 74.01 per cent for Darjeeling; 78.90 per cent for Uttar Dinajpur; 82.72 per cent for Dakshin Dinajpur and 79.60 per cent for Malda. (more...)

To be clear, Sanders says he is 100 percent pro-Israel. 'There comes a time when, if we pursue justice and peace, we are going to have to say that Netanyahu is not right all of the time , ' he asserted, to applause from the audience. (more...)

Smith's widow, Racquel Smith , attended the viewing in a wheelchair. His wife Raquel rushed to the hospital with shots to her leg. And then a unusual twist. Flowers aligned the roped off area of the field that fans were allowed to enter, walk around and exit, and during the walk all could stop and see the video tribute to Smith - standout plays, charitable events, portraits with his family . (more...)

The gunmen had no relation to South Sudanese government troops or rebel forces who fought the government in Juba in a civil war that ended with a peace deal that was signed past year. Reda told The Wall Street Journal. The South Sudanese government has come under fire recently for encouraging allied militias to rape and pillage in lieu of being paid. (more...)

Following Clinton's appearance in Buffalo, the debate Thursday night is one of the last chances she has to impress voters before the primary on Tuesday. Clinton knew that she couldn't defend the remarks-or apparently her husband's actions in attempting to defend her-and so she backed down. It was the first time in recent memory that a presidential candidate visited NY public housing. (more...)

Zimmerman has not been fired, but Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs told the Times that she had been suspended while the campaign investigates the matter. Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Earlier Thursday, Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, issued a statement calling on Sanders to fire Zimmerman. (more...)

Although the visit has not been confirmed, the Greek Orthodox Church said it could take place late next week. The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, the decision-making body of the Greek church, said Francis had asked to come to highlight the plight of refugees and the request had been accepted. (more...)

Egyptian security forces detained a total of 119 protesters at several demonstrations, according to security officials. Police warned citizens on Thursday against taking part in the protests after the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group announced participation, yet liberal activists joined the Friday protests outside the press syndicate here. (more...)

Brazilian Attorney-General Jose Eduardo Cardozo took the floor to warn against voting to impeach the president, calling the process a "violent act with no parallel against democracy". In a vote scheduled for Sunday, the government will need the support of over one-third of lawmakers, or at least 172 out of 513, to defeat the impeachment attempt. (more...)

A deal to acquire 36 Rafale fighter jets from France has reached to its final phase, official sources confirmed to UNI. An agreement has, however, eluded the two sides, with France, which sold 24 Rafale jets to Egypt at 5.2 billion euros, not agreeing to bring the price too low for India. (more...)

Princess Kate is being incredibly proactive in saying that she believes the stigma needs to be removed and that if Prince George or Princess Charlotte were having a mental health problem, she would address it as if they had any other health issue. (more...)

Meanwhile, a Change.org petition for Zimmerman's reinstatement has been set up. She was hired on Tuesday. While territorial and sectarian conflicts exist across the globe, the so-called boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement seeks to isolate only Israel from the rest of the world community. (more...)

A spokesperson from the tax authorities said the information from the leak "strengthens our campaign, launched past year, aimed at convincing Israelis who have not declared their fortune overseas to do so without facing penalties". Shell companies aren't necessarily illegal. "The point is those dependent territories' governments have got to understand the anger of people in this country when they read of this industrial scale of tax avoidance and evasion". (more...)